| enticement | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. enticement, temptation | something that seduces or has the quality to seduce. |
| ~ influence | a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do.; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking" |
| ~ forbidden fruit | originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality). |
| ~ bait, come-on, lure, sweetener, hook | anything that serves as an enticement. |
| ~ allurement | attractiveness.; "its allurement was its remoteness" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. come-on, enticement, lure | qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward. |
| ~ attractiveness, attraction | the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts.; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" |
| n. (act) | 3. enticement, temptation | the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire.; "his enticements were shameless" |
| ~ influence | causing something without any direct or apparent effort. |
| ~ wheedling, blandishment | the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery. |
| ~ leading astray, leading off | the act of enticing others into sinful ways. |
| ~ seduction | enticing someone astray from right behavior. |
| ~ allurement, solicitation | the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money). |
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